1947–48 in Scottish football

1947–48 in Scottish football

Division A champions
Hibernian
Division B champions
East Fife
Division C champions
East Stirlingshire
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
Scottish League Cup winners
East Fife
Division C Supplementary League (A) winners
Forfar Athletic
Division C Supplementary League (B) winners
East Fife 'A'
Junior Cup winners
Bo'ness United
Scotland national team
1948 BHC

The 1947–48 season was the 75th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 51st season of the Scottish Football League.^[1]

Scottish League Division A

Main article: 1947–48 Scottish First Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	30	22	4	4	86	27	59	48
2	Rangers	30	21	4	5	64	28	36	46
3	Partick Thistle	30	16	4	10	61	42	19	36
4	Dundee	30	15	3	12	67	51	16	33
5	St Mirren	30	13	5	12	54	58	−4	31
6	Clyde	30	12	7	11	52	57	−5	31
7	Falkirk	30	10	10	10	55	48	7	30
8	Motherwell	30	13	3	14	45	47	−2	29
9	Heart of Midlothian	30	10	8	12	37	42	−5	28
10	Aberdeen	30	10	7	13	45	45	0	27
11	Third Lanark	30	10	6	14	56	73	−17	26
12	Celtic	30	10	5	15	41	56	−15	25
13	Queen of the South	30	10	5	15	49	74	−25	25
14	Morton	30	9	6	15	47	43	4	24
15	Airdrieonians	30	7	7	16	40	78	−38	21
16	Queen's Park	30	9	2	19	45	75	−30	20

Champions: Hibernian
Relegated: Airdrie, Queen's Park

Scottish League Division B

Main article: 1947–48 Scottish Second Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	East Fife	30	25	3	2	103	36	67	53
2	Albion Rovers	30	19	4	7	58	49	9	42
3	Hamilton Academical	30	17	6	7	75	45	30	40
4	Raith Rovers	30	14	6	10	83	66	17	34
5	Cowdenbeath	30	12	8	10	56	53	3	32
6	Kilmarnock	30	13	4	13	72	62	10	30
7	Dunfermline Athletic	30	13	3	14	72	71	1	29
8	Stirling Albion	30	11	6	13	65	66	−1	28
9	St Johnstone	30	11	5	14	69	63	6	27
10	Ayr United	30	9	9	12	59	61	−2	27
11	Alloa Athletic	30	10	6	14	56	77	−21	26
12	Dumbarton	30	9	7	14	66	79	−13	25
13	Arbroath	30	10	3	17	55	62	−7	23
14	Stenhousemuir	30	6	11	13	53	83	−30	23
15	Dundee United	30	10	2	18	58	88	−30	22
16	Leith Athletic	30	6	7	17	45	84	−39	19

Champions: East Fife, Albion Rovers
Relegated: Leith Athletic

Scottish League Division C

Main article: 1947–48 Scottish Third Division

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	East Stirlingshire	22	18	3	1	72	26	46	39
2	East Fife 'A'	22	12	2	4	60	37	23	35
3	Forfar Athletic	22	14	4	4	67	37	30	32
4	Kilmarnock 'A'	22	10	3	9	52	41	11	23
5	St Johnstone 'A'	22	9	4	9	44	51	−7	22
6	Dundee United 'A'	22	9	2	11	55	57	−2	20
7	Montrose	22	7	5	10	42	69	−17	19
8	Arbroath 'A'	22	7	4	11	45	57	−12	18
9	Leith Athletic 'A'	22	7	3	12	44	60	−16	17
10	Brechin City	22	6	4	12	43	54	−11	16
11	Edinburgh City	22	6	3	13	51	58	−8	15
12	Raith Rovers 'A'	22	3	2	17	36	67	−31	8

Champions: East Stirlingshire

Cup honours

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup	Rangers	1 – 0 (rep.)	Grenock Morton
Scottish League Cup	East Fife	4 – 1 (rep.)	Falkirk
Junior Cup	Bo'ness United	2 – 1	Irvine Meadow

Other Honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
B Division Supplementary Cup	East Fife	9 – 1 *	Stirling Albion
Scottish Qualifying Cup - North	Inverness Caledonian	4 – 3	Elgin City
Scottish Qualifying Cup - South	Leith Athletic	3 – 2	Montrose

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Deveronvale	5 – 3 *	Peterhead
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	3 – 0	Hearts
Fife Cup	Raith Rovers	3 – 2	East Fife
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee United	4 – 1	Arbroath
Glasgow Cup	Rangers	4 – 1	Third Lanark
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	4 – 1	Morton
Southern Counties Cup	Stranraer
Stirlingshire Cup	Falkirk	1 – 0	Alloa Athletic

* - aggregate over two legs
- replay

Highland League

Top Three

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Clachnacuddin	30	21	6	3	99	41	58	48
2	Peterhead	30	22	3	5	98	43	55	47
3	Buckie Thistle	30	18	4	8	86	66	20	40

Scotland national team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1940–59 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
4 October 1947	Windsor Park, Belfast (A)	Northern Ireland	0–2	BHC
12 November 1947	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Wales	1–2	BHC	Andy McLaren
10 April 1948	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	England	0–2	BHC
28 April 1948	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Belgium	2–0	Friendly	Bobby Combe, David Duncan
17 May 1948	Wankdorf Stadium, Bern (A)	Switzerland	1–2	Friendly	Leslie Johnston
23 May 1948	Stade de Colombes, Paris (A)	France	0–3	Friendly

Key:

(H) = Home match
(A) = Away match
BHC = British Home Championship

Notes and references

↑ http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/stats/records/league-championship/league-tables/1940-1949/194243/
↑ Scotland's score is shown first.

External links

Scottish Football Historical Archive

1947–48 in Scottish football

« 1946–47 1948–49 »

Domestic leagues	Football League First Division Second Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Junior Cup

Related to national team	Results British Home Championship

Club seasons

First Division	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers Queen of the South Queen's Park St. Mirren Third Lanark

Second Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Leith Athletic Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock Raith Rovers St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion

Seasons in Scottish football

1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53

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